“The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” Canceled

“I’m...saddened and surprised we won’t be covering this crazy election or ‘The Unblackening’ as we’ve coined it.”

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“The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore” has been canceled, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The program, which premiered on Comedy Central in January 2015, will air its final episode on Thursday, August 18. In a statement to THR, Wilmore said, “I’m really grateful to Comedy Central, Jon Stewart, and our fans to have had this opportunity.” He continued, “But I’m also saddened and surprised we won’t be covering this crazy election or ‘The Unblackening’ as we’ve coined it. And keeping it 100, I guess I hadn’t counted on ‘The Unblackening’ happening to my time slot as well.”